u/Ambitious_Mousse4439

Hi, new to the subreddit!
As a hijabi myself (muslim woman who wears the islamic headscarf), who was born and raised in Europe, and a huge fashion history fan, I've asked myself countless times how other muslim women, regardless of how few there were, dressed in 19th/20th century western countries.
Was it in their traditional ethnic clothing or did they dress like most women around them? I'm specifically interested in the 50s and earlier, but my searches have yielded no results except for this picture I found on another reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/ligfpa/a\_photo\_date\_back\_to\_1930\_of\_women\_wearing\_niqab/

Any information/sources/pictures would be greatly appreciated as this is something that interests me a lot and I'll take anything I can get lol.

hi i'm new to the sub and i wondered if any other girls here have had the same worries i have regarding the dating/marriage pool.

i like to think i stray away from most beauty standards (i don't wear makeup, shave or dress provocatively) and regardless of the reason i worry about finding a partner in the future because of it. i'm firm in my beliefs but i know that most men don't understand, and while i'd love to just make do without and die single i sadly do want love in this lifetime.

i've slowly been losing hope in the idea of a man out there actually understanding and started realizing that majority if not all men are repulsed by it, which i usually don't give a fuck about but it's pretty discouraging as someone who's a romantic lol.

how do you guys deal with it other than the usual "focus on yourself" or "you don't need a man"?